fraud

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2021
US SEC warns investors of ongoing fraudulent communications claiming from the SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warns investors of attacks impersonating its officials in government impersonator schemes. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is warning investors of scammers impersonating SEC officials in fraudulent schemes. According to the alert issued by the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA), crooks are contacting investors via phone […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2021
Wear your MASQ! New Device Fingerprint Spoofing Tool Available in Dark Web

The MASQ tool could be used by attackers to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls The ResecurityÂź HUNTER unit has identified a new tool available for sale in the Dark Web called MASQ, enabling bad actors to emulate device fingerprints thus allowing them to bypass fraud protection controls, including authentication mechanisms. One of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2020
Watch out, WAPDropper malware could subscribe you to premium services

Researchers spotted a new mobile malware dubbed WAPDropper that subscribes users to legitimate premium-rate services. Security researchers from Check Point have spotted a new malware family dubbed WAPDropper that targets mobile phone users to subscribe them to legitimate premium-rate services. Check Point experts observed the WAPDropper subscribing unaware users to premium services from legitimate telecommunications […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2020
Former Microsoft worker sentenced to nine years in prison for stealing $10+ million

A former Microsoft worker was sentenced to nine years in prison for a scheme to steal $10 million in digital currency. Volodymyr Kvashuk (26), a former Microsoft software engineer, was sentenced this week to nine years in prison for a scheme to steal $10 million in digital currency. Kvashuk is a Ukrainian citizen living in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2019
Android Apps containing Clicker Trojan installed on over 100M devices

Experts at Dr Web discovered that a set of Android Apps with over 100 million installations that contains a clicker Trojan tracked as Android.Click.312.origin. Malware researchers at antivirus firm Dr Web discovered more than 33 Android Apps in the Google Play Store with over 100 million installations that contain a clicker Tojan tracked as Android.Click.312.origin. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2019
CIA sextortion campaign, analysis of a well-organized scam

Crooks are posing as CIA agents in a sextortion campaign, they are sending emails to inform the victims of an investigation into online pedophilia rings. Crooks are posing as CIA agents in a new sextortion campaign, they are sending emails to inform potential victims of an ongoing investigation into online pedophilia rings. Fraudsters are offering […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2018
Hacker stole $1m from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap

Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has stolen $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap, and targeted other indivisuals. Nicholas Truglia, a 21-years-old man from New York, has been accused of stealing $1 million from Silicon Valley executive via SIM swap. He gained access to his phone number and used it impersonate […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2018
Russian speaking hacker arrested for stealing $8,000 per day leveraging mobile malware

Moscow, May 24, 2018 – law enforcement, with support from Group-IB, has arrested a 32-year-old hacker, accused of stealing funds from Russian banks’ customers using Android mobile malware. At the height of their activity, victims reportedly lost between 1,500 to 8,000 dollars daily and levered cryptocurrency for laundering. Group-IB’s analysis reviewed the tools and techniques […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2018
Reading the 2017 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report

The FBI’s Internal Crime Complaint Center (IC3) released the FBI 2017 Internet Crime Report, a document that outlines cybercrime trends over the past year. Here we are to analyze the annual FBI 2017 Internet Crime Report, one of the most interesting documents on the crime trends in the last 12 months. The first figure that captures […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2017
Even With The Best Email Spoofing Defences in The World, HMRC is Spoofed

Even with the most advanced email protections in place and an entire government organization to support them, the bad actors were able to spoof Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) emails to spread a Java-based remote administration tool to unsuspecting UK recipients. In September 2017, Trustwave identified a scam campaign that pretended to come from HMRC. The […]